WORLD SQUASH NEWS
RESULTS: Women's Squashworks Open, Salt Lake City, USA
Semi-finals:
[1] Cassie Jackman (ENG) bt Nicol David (MAS) 9-0, 9-6, 9-0
[3] Vicky Botwright (ENG) bt [6] Sharon Wee (MAS) 9-2, 9-6, 9-7
English Triumph In Malaysian Battles
Cassie Jackman and Vicky Botwright will meet in an all-English final of the
Women's Squashworks Open after achieving straight games victories over
Malaysians in the semi-finals in Salt Lake City, USA.
Jackman, the top seed from Norfolk, ended unseeded Nicol David's run with a
9-0 9-6 9-0 win over the two-times world junior champion from Penang, David
had earlier upset arch rival Rebecca Chiu, the fourth seed from Hong Kong who
beat the Malaysian in the 2002 Asian Games final.
Vicky Botwright, the third seed from Manchester, defeated sixth seed Sharon
Wee 9-2 9-6 9-7 to reach her third WISPA World Tour final in the US this
year.
The final will mark the English pair's first meeting since February's first
round of the British National Championships which Jackman survived in five
games before going on to lift the title for a record-equalling fifth time.